Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 38.2.
  • Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RNova 2 Lite
ProviderCohereAmazon
Noometry Index31.439.7
Released2024-08-302025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1M
Max output4K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$2.50
Results tracked2919

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding11691385
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts11641364
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
DTBench46.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
LMCA9.2%—
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math11551359
LiveBench Math19.4%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert11381358
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%
MMLU65.2%—

Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English11741337
LMArena Chinese11821364
LMArena French11621381
LMArena German11761343
LMArena Japanese11431271
LMArena Korean11631284
LMArena Russian11741343
LMArena Spanish11511373

Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following11671335
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—

Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query11981335

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkCommand RNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text11871362
LMArena Creative Writing11701291
LMArena Multi-Turn11631338
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R or Nova 2 Lite?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Command R or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Nova 2 Lite share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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